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Where London's other bridges are dignified and utilitarian, Tower Bridge, with its 'daring majesty' cocks a snook at Victorian formality.

The towering chapel of this school dominates the landscape for miles around; its position is wonderful, high above where the South Downs are cut deep by the Adur valley on its way to the sea.

The church is still there, but the Brontes would only recognise the west tower, for the remainder was demolished and rebuilt in 1880.

The church is still there, but the Brontes would only recognise the west tower, for the remainder was demolished and rebuilt in 1880.

Not far outside the village are the twin towers of Sissinghurst Castle with its beautiful gardens, once home to the author Vita Sackville West.

An ancient timber-frame building comprising a chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south transept, and an east tower with just one bell, it had been repaired with stone during the 17th century.

Here the photographer looks towards St Mary's 14th-century church tower, with the triangular pediment of the Georgian nave, designed in 1714 by John James, to its right.

Stafford has two interesting churches.The Church of St Mary has an unusual octagonal tower: it was here that Isaac Walton was baptized in 1593.The other church, St Chad's, was said to be almost derelict

water meadows is a very well known one, and relatively little changed today, although it would look very different to a late medieval traveller – he or she would be able to see fourteen parish church towers

Beccles Tower, adjacent to the church, was bought by the town in 1972 for one Beccles penny, but over £68,000 was needed to restore it!

This view shows the ornate cast-iron balcony of the Saracen's Head Hotel, now shops, and the tower of St Peter at Arches beyond Stone Bow, built in 1720, demolished in 1933 and largely rebuilt in Lamb

The tower of Holy Trinity Church to the right was poorly designed and constructed, and was eventually demolished in 1924.

The pinnacled tower, faced in limestone, is of the 15th century, while the body of the church was built in ironstone a century earlier.

We can see the squat tower of St Bartholomew and All Saints' church rising over the roofs. Note the railings underneath the Town Hall, which have now been removed.

Regarded as a defensive liability, it was fortified in about 1500 with a wall and towers, one of which can be seen overhung with ivy above the cliffs.

The church has a 14th-century tower, and a mural painting in the nave dated 1220. The rebuilt Manor House is nearby. The locality is excellent for rambling over the Downs.

Ardingly is a village overlooking the Ouse valley, north of Haywards Heath.The 14th-century church of St Peter has an impressive tower.

Through the trees on the right (although almost completely hidden now) the tower of St Christopher's Church can be seen.

The church on the right is St Peter's - the town church.The tower was completed in 1758.

once described as a pleasant village 'situated on a delightful eminence'; by the early 19th century it was a farming and mining community of over 1,000.The skyline is dominated by the pinnacled tower

building was shortened to about half its height.A lone tram trundles around the corner, and a few cars can be seen.To the rear of the photograph, on the right of the Minster, stands the smaller tower

This view from St Mary's tower has Monk Street in the foreground. Centre left is the Bethany Baptist Church, which opened in 1827 when 30 members left the Frogmore Street Church.

The tall building behind the hip-roofed thatched cottage is a water tower, which has since been demolished. The general stores and fish and chip shop were owned by D A Chatters.

sheer bulk of its buildings must have made an imposing sight on the Coventry skyline.The complex included a church about 400 ft long; a cloister on the north side; the west front was supported by towers